The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

How hard it is for people to live without someone to look down upon-really to look down upon. It is not just that they feel cheated out of someone to hate. It is that they are compelled to look more closely into themselves and what they don't like about themselves.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?

I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity

I think the inconveniences of a segregated education are much greater than the inconveniences of busing students so that they can get an integrated quality education.

If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the hopes of men the world over.